teddyFBI
01-26-2005, 11:07 AM
(My first post in the STT forum, so go easy on me!)
I'm a solid limit player, but decided I wanted to better my NL play, so I just bought Harrington's book and have been playing (and kicking ass in) a lot of low-limit SNGs lately.
In a $30 SNG last night, I was a slight chip leader with close to $950 and all 10 players remaining, blinds like 15/30.
Here's the situation:
I'm in MP1 with A /images/graemlins/heart.gifQ /images/graemlins/club.gif and I'd just taken down 3 pots after raising 3BB preflop, so I decide to limp for $30, MP2 raises to $75, MP3 cold-calls $75, folded around to me and I complete to $75.
Flop: A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif3 /images/graemlins/club.gifA /images/graemlins/spade.gif
Beatiful.
I check, MP2 checks, MP3 (coldcaller) bets $75, I CR to $150, MP2 folds, MP3 calls.
Turn T /images/graemlins/club.gif I bet $175 (figuring I want a call), MP3 calls.
River 5 /images/graemlins/club.gif I bet $175 (no way I figure he bet flop and stayed in on backdoor club draw), he raises me all-in for $400, I reluctantly call (leaving me with only $125), and he shows T /images/graemlins/diamond.gifT /images/graemlins/spade.gif for the turned boat. 2 hands later and I was out in 10th place.
Of course I was a big favorite on flop, but is there anything I can possibly do in situations like this...I mean, AQ with AAT53 on board is a really tough hand to get away from. With river all-in, I figured I was beat, but was hoping to see AJ or A9...I considered folding, but it would only have left me $345, and it was only $225 to call into a huge pot.
Or are these just the type of "impossible" hands that you just have to live with in NL tournaments?
Any and all comments welcome.
I'm a solid limit player, but decided I wanted to better my NL play, so I just bought Harrington's book and have been playing (and kicking ass in) a lot of low-limit SNGs lately.
In a $30 SNG last night, I was a slight chip leader with close to $950 and all 10 players remaining, blinds like 15/30.
Here's the situation:
I'm in MP1 with A /images/graemlins/heart.gifQ /images/graemlins/club.gif and I'd just taken down 3 pots after raising 3BB preflop, so I decide to limp for $30, MP2 raises to $75, MP3 cold-calls $75, folded around to me and I complete to $75.
Flop: A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif3 /images/graemlins/club.gifA /images/graemlins/spade.gif
Beatiful.
I check, MP2 checks, MP3 (coldcaller) bets $75, I CR to $150, MP2 folds, MP3 calls.
Turn T /images/graemlins/club.gif I bet $175 (figuring I want a call), MP3 calls.
River 5 /images/graemlins/club.gif I bet $175 (no way I figure he bet flop and stayed in on backdoor club draw), he raises me all-in for $400, I reluctantly call (leaving me with only $125), and he shows T /images/graemlins/diamond.gifT /images/graemlins/spade.gif for the turned boat. 2 hands later and I was out in 10th place.
Of course I was a big favorite on flop, but is there anything I can possibly do in situations like this...I mean, AQ with AAT53 on board is a really tough hand to get away from. With river all-in, I figured I was beat, but was hoping to see AJ or A9...I considered folding, but it would only have left me $345, and it was only $225 to call into a huge pot.
Or are these just the type of "impossible" hands that you just have to live with in NL tournaments?
Any and all comments welcome.